Whitespots, but not ich?

So... some of my Boraras brigittae's bodies have numerous white spots on them, and have for a couple days. The spots do not seem to be raised, as if they were ich, nor are the fish flashing.
In fact, the fish are all very active and hungry.

However, I have lost two in the past few days. Two of the fish have simply disappeared, no bodies. The tank is closed up very tightly, so I don't think they jumped.

Well, I usually don't recommend meds unless someone knows the culprit for sure, but I think I would give them a few days in Rid ich+, especially if they're dying anyway. It won't hurt them. That's your call, sounds like ich to me. Mine were all acting normal too, last time I had to deal with it.

Velvet is similar to ich but usually more brownish or off white and smaller. Other than that I can't think of anything with spots.

The spots could be described as off white I suppose. I don't think they are any smaller than ich though. It is hard to tell, I've never had to deal with either disease before, was hoping I never would.

Here, read this thread, plaakapong says they've never had an issue in the main tank. And please-please-PLEASE for the love of fish, read the outcome of the salt treatment here. Many will argue it works great but I have seen the same thing happen many times to many people. You will never find something so horrid resulting from the use of Rid-ich+.

Try Kordon Ich-Attack instead of Rid-Ich. It's 100% safe on planted tanks and inverts. Spots of uniform size are usually protozoan parasites. Ich-Attack will fight all protozoans and not just ich. Might want to look into a UV sterilizer too.

Here, read this thread, plaakapong says they've never had an issue in the main tank. And please-please-PLEASE for the love of fish, read the outcome of the salt treatment here. Many will argue it works great but I have seen the same thing happen many times to many people.

Try Kordon Ich-Attack instead of Rid-Ich. It's 100% safe on planted tanks and inverts. Spots of uniform size are usually protozoan parasites. Ich-Attack will fight all protozoans and not just ich. Might want to look into a UV sterilizer too.

+1. I have a couple posts where I used this successfully. I actually had fry after treatment. None of my plants were harmed, and the silicone didn't stain either, although it probably could.

The most important part of treating a parasite (if this is what you determine you have), is to continue treating until ALL life-stages are gone. Unfortunately, only the free swimming stage is susceptible to medication, so continuous treatment is necessary. You don't want the critters coming back, perhaps stronger than before. So, this entails continuing treating at least 2 days after all white spots are gone.

Little bit of rant here: Treating a parasite is similar to treating a virus with an antibiotic. You have to go all out if you want the treatment to be effective. So many people will stop taking an antibiotic when they feel "better." However, a small population of the virus survives, often resurfacing weeks later resistant to the previous antibiotic. So, whatever you use salt, meds, etc. make sure you understand the organism you are trying to get rid of.

Register Now

In order to be able to post messages on the The Planted Tank Forum forums, you must first register.
Please enter your desired user name, your email address and other required details in the form below.

User Name:

Password

Please enter a password for your user account. Note that passwords are case-sensitive.

Password:

Confirm Password:

Email Address

Please enter a valid email address for yourself.

Email Address:

Log-in

User Name

Remember Me?

Password

Human Verification

In order to verify that you are a human and not a spam bot, please enter the answer into the following box below based on the instructions contained in the graphic.